18 Gramercy Park South
also 85 Irving Place, 124 East 20th Street | Gramercy | built 1927
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- 1927
Murgatroyd & Ogden design a 19-story hotel on Gramercy Park South
The architectural firm Murgatroyd & Ogden designs a 19-story building at 18 Gramercy Park South, completed in 1927 as a hotel. It later serves as a women's residence and then as a condominium building.
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- 1963
The Salvation Army takes over the building as a women's residence
The Salvation Army owns the 19-story former hotel from 1963 to 2008 and uses it as a temporary residence for women. During those years the building is known as the Parkside Evangeline.
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- 2010
The Salvation Army sells the building for $60 million
The Salvation Army sells 18 Gramercy Park South to Eastgate Realty for $60 million. The investors behind the purchase include the Zeckendorf family and Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer. Two years later the building is redesigned as luxury condominiums.
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- 2012
Robert A.M. Stern Architects redesign the building as luxury condos
Robert A.M. Stern Architects reconfigures the former hotel into a 16-unit luxury condominium building. Residents gain a key to the private Gramercy Park across the street. Many units are full-floor residences with marble showers and white-oak floors, and sales reportedly range from $10 million to $42 million, the top price for a 6,329-square-foot duplex penthouse.
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